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16 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
A reestablished charter and 2010-2012 membership for the National Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection was announced Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.The food safety advisory group is attached to the U.S. [read post]
13 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
David Lazarus, a senior advisor to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, is moving to the White House to serve as advisor to President Obama on agriculture and rural affairs, a position on the Domestic Policy Council that has been vacant for 18 months.Lazarus, who made the transition from the U.S. [read post]
12 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius commended federal public health agencies Friday for "supporting the charge" of President Obama's Food Safety Working Group to improve the food safety system.The Food Safety Working Group, chaired by Vilsack and Sebelius, was launched by President Obama in March 2009 on the tail of a highly-publicized… [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
"This exciting new tool is one of the many ways that the USDA is working hard to use technology to provide the public with high quality service while using taxpayer dollars as efficiently as possible," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
2 Jul 2010, 2:59 am
"We applaud USDA Secretary Vilsack for taking strong action to improve the safety of ground beef purchased for the school lunch program," said Liz Hitchcock of U.S. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 11:53 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Antitrust Division Christine Varney. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking that the agency retain the regulated status of genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa. [read post]
17 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday urging the U.S. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
In another act of the ongoing catfish regulatory drama, the advocacy group Food and Water Watch sent a letter yesterday to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Secretary of Health Kathleen Sebelius recommending they work together to get catfish inspections rolling as soon as possible.The 2008 farm bill mandated that the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) begin inspecting the flood of imported catfish from Asia, but the rule… [read post]
7 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
"USDA is deeply committed to enhancing food safety in a way that supports small processors," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 2:59 am
Earlier this month, the U.S. [read post]
27 May 2010, 2:59 am
For many small and very small processors--which are in high demand with the burgeoning local and all natural food movement--the extra expense means they can't compete.In a media briefing last week focused on the agency's Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative, both Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan made strong statements to calm fears raised by the guidance. [read post]
27 May 2010, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, former governor of Iowa, was appointed and confirmed by the Senate on Inauguration day, and as Food Safety News' Dan Flynn explained in April, other USDA Under Secretary nominees have cleared the Senate in as little to 10 or 15 days. [read post]
27 May 2010, 2:59 am
In a May 25 press release, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack said that to support consumer demand for locally produced agricultural products, meat producers need to have access to local or regional slaughter facilities. [read post]
21 May 2010, 2:50 am
The maps were released yesterday during an agency briefing on the 'Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food' initiative, which recently took some heat from Republicans in the Senate.Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and two other Republicans seated on the Senate agriculture committee sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack earlier this month criticizing the initiative for focusing on "hobbyist and organic producers whose customers generally… [read post]
18 May 2010, 2:59 am
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. [read post]
12 May 2010, 7:10 am
“A thriving, sustainable agricultural sector is critical to restoration of the Chesapeake Bay,” said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
11 May 2010, 7:32 am
Yesterday, May 10, 2010, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA was implementing "new performance standards" aimed at reducing two major culprits of food-borne illnesses, Salmonella and Campylobacter in chickens and turkeys. [read post]
11 May 2010, 2:59 am
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday announced new performance standards for the poultry industry to use in knocking down Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination levels.Vilsack said after two years under the new standards, the U.S. [read post]
6 May 2010, 2:59 am
The program is part of the first ever USDA Department-wide volunteer program for 'The People's Garden initiative,' established on February 12, 2009 by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. [read post]
